90 Days with Jesus, Day 67: John 14:15-21: Fellowship, Joy and Obedience

John 14:15-21 (90 Days With Jesus, Day 67) 15″If you love me, you will obey what I command. 16And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Counselor to be with you forever— 17the Spirit of truth. The world cannot accept him, because it neither sees him nor knows him. But you…

90 Days with Jesus, Day 51: John 10:31-42: Jesus the Son of God

John 10:31-42 31Again the Jews picked up stones to stone him, 32but Jesus said to them, “I have shown you many great miracles from the Father. For which of these do you stone me?” 33″We are not stoning you for any of these,” replied the Jews, “but for blasphemy, because you, a mere man, claim…

90 Days with Jesus, Day 50: John 10:22-30: Jesus the Center

John 10:22-30 22Then came the Feast of Dedication at Jerusalem. It was winter, 23and Jesus was in the temple area walking in Solomon’s Colonnade. 24The Jews gathered around him, saying, “How long will you keep us in suspense? If you are the Christ, tell us plainly.” 25Jesus answered, “I did tell you, but you do…

90 Days with Jesus, Day 40: John 8:42-47: Jesus the Truth

John 8:42-47 Jesus said to them, “If God were your Father, you would love me, for I came from God and now am here. I have not come on my own; but he sent me. 43Why is my language not clear to you? Because you are unable to hear what I say. 44You belong to…

90 Days with Jesus, Day 35: John 7:45-52: We’re Only Safe with Jesus

John 7:45-52 45Finally the temple guards went back to the chief priests and Pharisees, who asked them, “Why didn’t you bring him in?” 46″No one ever spoke the way this man does,” the guards declared. 47″You mean he has deceived you also?” the Pharisees retorted. 48″Has any of the rulers or of the Pharisees believed…

90 Days With Jesus, Day 32: John 7:25-31: Responding to Jesus

John 7:25-31 25At that point some of the people of Jerusalem began to ask, “Isn’t this the man they are trying to kill? 26Here he is, speaking publicly, and they are not saying a word to him. Have the authorities really concluded that he is the Christ? 27But we know where this man is from;…

90 Days With Jesus, Day 16: John 4:39-42: The Savior of the World

John 4:39-42 39Many of the Samaritans from that town believed in him because of the woman’s testimony, “He told me everything I ever did.” 40So when the Samaritans came to him, they urged him to stay with them, and he stayed two days. 41And because of his words many more became believers. 42They said to…

90 Days With Jesus, Day 12: John 3:31-36: Jesus Above All

John 3:31-36 31″The one who comes from above is above all; the one who is from the earth belongs to the earth, and speaks as one from the earth. The one who comes from heaven is above all. 32He testifies to what he has seen and heard, but no one accepts his testimony. 33The man…

90 Days With Jesus, Day 11: John 3:22-30: Finding Joy in Being Less

John 3:22-30  22After this, Jesus and his disciples went out into the Judean countryside, where he spent some time with them, and baptized. 23Now John also was baptizing at Aenon near Salim, because there was plenty of water, and people were constantly coming to be baptized. 24(This was before John was put in prison.) 25An…

90 Days with Jesus, Day 8: John 2:12-25: God in the Center

John 2:12-25 12After this he went down to Capernaum with his mother and brothers and his disciples. There they stayed for a few days. 13When it was almost time for the Jewish Passover, Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14In the temple courts he found men selling cattle, sheep and doves, and others sitting at tables…

The Supremacy of Christ in a Postmodern World

Friends, I have spoken to you and written much about and quote often from David F. Wells whose four books, No Place for Truth, Losing our Virtue, God in the Wasteland, and Above All Earthly Pow’rs, should be read by every Christian in America, and have so powerfully stirred up a holy dissatisfaction in me…